contracted
- adjective
- /kənˈtræktɪd/
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contraído
- His muscles were contracted after a long workout, making it hard to move.
- Contracted Braille
And now you're so contracted that you can't, you can't hit that drum.
- And now you're so contracted that you can't, you can't hit that drum.
- Are you saying that space away near a big source of gravity is contracted?
- But that some people have the exact same problems because of a hyper contracted AKA overly tense, tight strong pelvic floor.
- Whatever they make you feel contracted, that's just information that your body is giving you.
Examples
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She felt a contracted sensation in her chest when she heard the bad news.
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So what we see here, what he calls the slow transformation of the lake, wide sheets of water contracted first into shallow lagoons.
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And by team I need I mean a contracted post production sound engineer.
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Toes, back, legs completely contracted, not this.
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Whatever they make you feel contracted, that's just information that your body is giving you.
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It's our perception, our limited contracted scope of context that makes for the suffering.
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We call them ego identities, contracted identities, conditioned mind identities.
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The balloon slowly contracted as the air escaped.
Synonyms
4
3.9
Smaller or weaker than before
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3.7
Pressed firmly together or made smaller to save space
Staying at its normal or smaller size
Made narrower or tighter by pressure
Made smaller in width, size, or range
Pushed together so parts slide into one another or seem shorter
Antonyms
How Contracted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Contracted comes from Latin parts con- meaning 'together' and trahere meaning 'to pull', the same root you see in tractor. So something contracted is 'pulled together', which is why it becomes smaller or tighter.